WIP Capacity Program Subgrant – Yosemite-Sequoia Resource Conservation & Development Council SNC972-RFFCP
Summary
SCH Number
2022100417
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
WIP Capacity Program Subgrant – Yosemite-Sequoia Resource Conservation & Development Council SNC972-RFFCP
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/19/2022
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for project prioritization and partner engagement towards planning for forest health and fire protection projects across the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program’s Southern Planning Region. This includes stakeholder coordination to develop lists of potential priority projects, organizing a database of these potential projects, working with regional stakeholders to prioritize the projects, and the completion of project design and permitting for at least one priority project in the planning area.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
General Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
towns across the planning region
Counties
Fresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Regional planning across the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program southern planning area, including parts of Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15306, Information Collection (Class 6)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is Statutorily Exempt under Section 15262, Feasibility and Planning Studies, of the CEQA Guidelines. This project approves only planning studies towards possible future actions which neither the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, nor any other agency, has approved, adopted, or funded. There are no ground disturbing actions which would impact environmental factors. These planning actions do not have a legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also categorically exempt under CEQA Section 15306, Information Collection, because it consists of basic data collection and analysis and resource evaluation activities which do not result in any disturbance to an environmental resource. The project purpose is for information gathering as part of a regional assessment and project prioritization exercise leading to a potential future action which has not yet been approved, adopted, or funded.
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15262, Feasibility and Planning Studies)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is Statutorily Exempt under Section 15262, Feasibility and Planning Studies, of the CEQA Guidelines. This project approves only planning studies towards possible future actions which neither the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, nor any other agency, has approved, adopted, or funded. There are no ground disturbing actions which would impact environmental factors. These planning actions do not have a legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also categorically exempt under CEQA Section 15306, Information Collection, because it consists of basic data collection and analysis and resource evaluation activities which do not result in any disturbance to an environmental resource. The project purpose is for information gathering as part of a regional assessment and project prioritization exercise leading to a potential future action which has not yet been approved, adopted, or funded.
County Clerks
Fresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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